Fertilizer-distributer.



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No. 818,098. PATBNTBD APR.17, 1906.

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FERTILIZER DISTRIBUTER.

APPLICATION FILED ABBA, 1905.

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J. S. KEMP. FERTILIZER DISTRIBUTER.

APPLICATION FILED ABBA. 1905.

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PATENTED APR. 17, 1906.

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FERTILIZER DESTRIBUTEIR.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 4, 1905.

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specification of Letters Patent.

Patented April 17, 1306.

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which comprise s hot: or rec-e taclc for the material to he distributed on a rotary or other movable heater or disintegrator to which the materiel in the box orbody is slowly fed and by which the material is distributed or delivered v My invention has for its main object to construct and arrange the heater or disintegrstor mechanism in suchinanner that the heater is located in the h'ont portion of the ins-chine and the iertilizer in the box or re-, ceptscle is fed forwardly to the beater and removed by the latter from the front end of the box or rece tacle in an 11 ard direction and delivered rlbwnwardly om the front portion oi the beater, whereby the operation of spreading is eatly improved and can he better control ed by the operator.

Another object of the invention is to provide the machine with a. simple and ofiicient mechanism for returning the feed-apron or movable slat bottom to its initial position when the load has been discharged.

in the accompanying drawings, consisting of live sheets, Fi e l is an elevation of the right-hand side 0 the machine with the righthond rear wheel removed. Fig. 2 is a. see- I tional elevation of the return mechanism for scsle.

' clutch mechanism in line 4 4, Fig. 1.

, is a topplan view of the machine.

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the apron in line 2 2, Fig. l, on an enlarged Fi 3 is a. cross-section through the driving-r0 lsr in line 3 3, Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a fragmentary vertical section of. the beaten 5 6 is'a longitu inal section of the machine 1n line if; 6, Fig. 5. 7 is a cross-section in line is an elevation of the left side of the mac e with-the rear wheel removed. 'Fig. 9 is a fragmentary horizontal section in line 9 9, Fig. 8, on an enlar ed scele, showing the spring-catch for holdin the lever which controls the-apron-fecd an heater-drive mechanisms. Fig. 10 is a frag inentsry horizontal section in line 10 10, Fig. 8, on on enlarged scale. Fig. ii is a perspective view of the csm-lever for shifting thev fish wheel of the apron-feed mehhanism.

Fig. 12 is s vertical section inline 12 12, Fig. 10. Fig. 13 is a sectional front elevation of the box or body. Fig. M is a fragmentary sectional elevation showing the front gate raised.

Like letters of reference refer to like parts in the several figures.

A represents the box or race tacle which receives the fertilizing mnteris to he distributed and which is mounted upon a front running-gear, to which the drait is applied, and s rear running-gear, from which t c sev eral mechanisms of the mschhle are driven.

arepresentstho ht-hand bottom sill,.a' the box or rece taic'le. Af represents the front wheels, A t e right-hand-resr wheel, and A the left-hand rear wheel.

B represents the movable slat bottom or feed-apron, which is carried sround front and rear sprocket-wheels b h, mounted, respecu tivoly, on transverse shafts h b". This apron is so opersted as to move with its up or portion forwardly in the box or receptac e and is rovided at its resr end with a follower b, 1g. 6.

0 represents the heater or disintcgrator, which 18 arranged in the iront portion of the machine and which is so operated as to removethe fertilizing material from the front of the load on the feed-a ron and deliver it downwardly in front 0 the latter. This heater is arranged in a hood or casing D, which is open at the rear and extends forwardly over the heater and downwardly in front of the heater and opens downwardly between the sills aa. for the delivery of the ma terisl. 4

An upright safeif-boardi is arranged in rear of the'bester to se crate the latter from theload while placin t e material in the box.

This board is movable u and down and is moved n to expose "the eater before st art.-

the, cod movementof the apron and is moved-down to separate the beater from the material before beginning to place the latter in the box. In moving the board upwardly 'the' same is liable to be pressed by the load against the rear end of the hood, and in order to enable the board to inoveirecly upward in all circumstances the rear top portion D of the hood is hinged to the top portion, F ig-s. l, 6, and. S, in such manner as to allow this portion of the hood to move upwardly with thessfctv-hoard if thelatter should be pressed against the resr end of the hood.

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. wardly, whereby the The hood is preferably provided above the beater with a fixed deflecting'board or plate d, which deflects the material forwardl and downwardly and in front of this fixed eflec tor with a movable deflector (Z for further deflecting the material downwardly. This movable deflector is hinged at its rear end to the top of the hood and is adjustable up and down at its front end for changing its angle by an adjustable rod (1 held in position by a pin (1 or other suitable means. The mate.- rial striking this movable deflector causes the latter to vibrate up and down, whereby the material is prevented from adhering to and accumulating on the deflector.

The beater rotates with its rear portion upfertilizer is removed from the front end of the load in an upward direction, which is important when operating upon manure or other moist material, because it tends to loosen and disintegrate the material instead. of compacting or packing the same. The material so removed from the load by the beater is controlled by the hood and directed forwardly over the beater and downwardly from the front portion of the beater to the ground. This front delivery has many important advantages, among them the following: The delivery is much better under the control of the driver than when it takes place at the rear end of the machine,

because the rear end is more liable to' move out of the true line, especially when spread-- ing on ground which is not level-forinstance,

on a 'sidehilL' The front delivery, therefore, ermits of aclose joining of the work and is ett'er adapted for drilling, because the driver can see the chutes and *uide the machine bet- As the load becomes-smaller during the operation of spreadin the rear portion of the machine becomes lighter, which eases the work of the team on uneven ground. The spreading is better controlled in windy weather, as the wind is less liable tointerfere with the proper delivery and to deflect the delivered material .sidewise than in a rear-delivery machine. The beater mechanism can be fully inclosed by a hood for controlling the delivery, and the hood is protected against injury in moving the inachine about in the barn or yard. The spreading can be extended more nearly to the end .of the field or fence, whereby the uncovered portionsfor headlands on the field are considerably reduced.

.The heater may be of any suitable constructiongand may be driven by any suitable mechanism; As shown in the drawings, it"i's mounted upon. atransverse rotary'shaft c, which is driven on the right-hand side of the machine, Figs. 1 and 5,;by a drive-chain c,'

running around a sprocket-pinion on the beater-shaft, and an intermediate sprocket- 1 wheel 0 carrying on its inner side a pinion c which is driven by a chain c from'a sprocketbott0m is driven.

wheel 0 on the. 'rear axle. The sprocketwheel 0 is loosely mounted on the rear axle and is driven from the ground-wheel A by any suitable means, preferablg-hy that shown in my Letters Patent N 0. 779,713, dated J anuary 10, 1905. This mechanism is represented in F ig.'4 and is composed of the following I parts, briefly stated:

E represents the hub of the ground-wheel A provided on its rear side with ratchetteeth 6, which transmit motion: to apawls disk E, secured to the axle and havmg-a' clutch-face on its rear side. A clutch m'eniber E is loosely mounted on the hub of the s rocket-wheel c? and has on its outer side 0 utch-bars which pass through the sprocketwheel and engage the awl-disk, the latter engaging the hub E. e clutch member E is thrown into and out of-engagement with the pawl-disk E by a transverse shiftin -rod .e, Figs. 4 and 5, which is supported sli ably in the side sill a andcentra sill'a and engages with its outer forked end' e in an annular groove in the clutch member. E". This shifting-rod is actuatedby a horizontal rocklevere", pivoted to the central sill a and engaging a sliding collar (2 on the shifting-rod, which collar is connected by a spring 6 with a fixed collar eTon the rod. The rock-lever e is actuated. by a link f, extending to a bellcrank lever f, which is connected by longitudinal rod f to an arm f on a transverse shaft f, arranged in front of the head D.

As the beater is located in front of the axlefrom which it is driven, it rotates in the same direction in which the axle rotates. The beater-driving mechanism can therefore be a drive-chain mechanism, which involves no gear-wheels for therev ersalof motion and which makes the lower run of each" drivechain the taut or driven side. This reduces the frictional and other resistances of the driving mechanism, simplifies the construction, and renders the mechanism more durable'and serviceable. A j

The movable feed-apron B is preferably driven from the left side of the machine by the following means, Figs; 5 8 'to12: G repre sents a drive chain running over sprocket-- wheels 9 and, g, mounted, respectively, on the rear axle and on a stud-shaft 9 The latter is j ournaled in a bearing 9* and is provided with a gear-wheel preferably formed integral with the sproc et wheel'g. The

gear-wheel g meshes with the spur-gear face on the periphery of a disk-wheel H, which is ,mounted on-a stud h,journaled in a bearing h, and'is provided on its inner face with several concentnc gear-rims h ported at its rear end in a ivoted bearing a and carries at its front end t e worm i, which meshes with a worm-wheel. 21 on: the trans verse frontshaft 6 b which-gthe movable The front end of the 1 represents the longitudinal worm-shaft, which is sup- This cam engages in a worm-shaft is vertically movable to disconl driving the feed-apron. This roch-shaft is nect the worm from the worm-wheel when desired. The worm shaft is mounted for this purpose in rear of the worm in a bearing i which is vertically movable in a guideframe i and is raised and lowered by a cam '5 pivoted above said bearing. This cam is actuated by a shifting-rod 71, extending forwardly to an arm '17, secured to the end of the rock-shaft f. The Worm-shaft is driven from the disk wheelH by a pinion Ic, which can be shifted on the worm-shaft to engage either of the concentric gear-rims of the disk wheel, thereby changing the speed of the worm-shaft and of the apron in a well-known manner. The pinion is is shifted by a rod 7:, which connects the pinion with a hand-lever 2 pivoted on the hood and held in its adjusted position in a notched plate 1: The gear-wheel H is required to be moved outward for disc aging and shifting the pinion k and inward for again engagingthe .pinion. For this purpose a cam-lever L is provided,

. Figs. 8, M12, havingabent arm Z, extending from its hub l, which is journaled on the stud h, and having a spiral cam l on the hub. oove formed in an The arm or brac et 1 on t e bearing h,

I cam-lever L is loosely mounted on the stud 7iand is arranged between the hub of the disk wheel H and a collar 7,, which latter is secured to the stud. The cam lever is rocked on the stud by any well known meansior instance, by a connecting-rod m, which connects the lever with an arm m on a shaft'm extending across the front. of the machine. A foot lever m is mounted on the shaft, m and rests against the under side of a locking-lever m, which latter is pivoted be' tween its ends, preferably near its rear end, on a bracket m secured to the upper side of one of the front cross-sills. When the footlever m is depressed, the laterally-extending foot-piece on the foot-lever en a es in a notch in the locking-lever m, which latter rests against the foot-lever and follows the same in its descent. The foot-lever is thus held locked in position and is released by the driver striking his foot a ainst the rearwardly-extendmg arm of t e locking-lever. A spring m surrounds the connecting-rod m and is interposed between a fixed coll'ar m on the rod 'and a bracket 1n", secured tothe. side of the box or body near its front end and through which the rod passes. This spring is compressed when the foot lever is depressed. and the disk wheel H is moved outwardly. and the spring returns the disk 'wheel inwardly whenreleased and also forms the hood and controls the beater-driving mechanism. and the worm mechanism for provided with a hand-lever U, which is raised to a vertical position (shown in Figs. 1, and 13) i or starting the heater and thefeedapron. The lever is held this position by a spring catch Q, Figs. 9 and 13, of ordinary construc: tion. This catch is automatically tripped by the feed-apron in the followingmanner, represents a trapsverse rock-shaft which is arranged in the rear portion of the machine and carries an arm 0", which extends downwardly into the path-of the lower run oi the apron. An arm 0 is secured to the outer end of this rock-shaft on the left side or the machine and is connected by a rod U with thespring-catch. When the bodv of fertilizer has been discharged, the front end of the l apron which travels rearwardly strikes the arm 0 thereby rocking the shaft and tripping the catch. The handlever is now thrown forward by its spring 0, thereby rocking the shaft in the proper direction to stop the apron and the beater, the worm being raised out of mesh with the worm-wheel by the arm '27 and the shifting-rod i and the beater-clutch being disengaged by the arm f connecting-rod f ,-bellcrank f, link shifting-lever c and shifting-rod e. i

The safety-board is operated by the following mechanisms: 1 represents laterally-pro- ,iecting LII-shaped arms which are secured to the board and extend over the sides of the box or body of the machine and connect with the front ends of two levers P. The latter are arranged lengthwise of the machine, one on e ch side thereof, and are pivoted thereto at t eir'rear ends. p represents two cam-levers which bear against the under side ofthe. levers P and are pivoted to the sides of the box or body; These cam-levers are guided between depending flanges formed on the levers l and are'operatedby a rock-shaft p, to'which they are connected by rods 1)" and rock-arms The rock-shaft p ,extends across the front of the machine in rear of the ha-nd leve'r Q and is provided with a handlever p When the latter is in the horizontal position (shown in Figs. 1 to 8) the safetycard is dorm in position in rear of the beater. By raising the lever the cam-levers p are rocked on their pivots in the proper direction to move the gate-levers P upward, whereby the gate is raised, as shown in Fig. 14. The gate is held in its elevated position by the hand-lever p, which" strikes against the front of the hood and 'revents the further rearward movement 0 the rock-arm After the load has been distributed t 1e iced-apron is returned to its initial position by an actuating mechanism, which is driven by frictional contact with one of the roundwheels and which is constructed as l ollowsz Q, Figs. 1, 2, and 5, represents a sprocketwheel which is secured to-the rear shaft 15 of the feed-apron or bottom. Q represents a 3 on the re 1', and a bracket s which is se- .the front of the machine.

frictional driving-rollemwhich is journaled' on a stud g, mounted on an :arm (1, pivoted concentric with the rear shaft 12 and pro-' vided with a sprocket-rim The latter is connected with the s rocket-wheel Q by, a drive-chain g The (ii'iving-roller Q is constructed to be driven by contact with the tire ofone of the rear wheels, preferably the vright-hand-side wheel A tand has its face constructed for that purpose of 'material which has stance, woo en staves, as represented in Fi s. 2.and 3. Thisdriving-roller stands normally near the tire or face of the rear wheel, "as shown in Fig. 1, and is. broughtin contact with the wheel by a short forward movement imparted to the supporting-arm g. This arm is operated by a rod 0", which extends from the upper end of the arm to a rock-arm 'r on a rock-shaft 1', arranged at vided with'a foot-lever r which is depressed for, throwing the arm g forwardly-and forcingthe roller Q against the wheel. The roller drives the sprocket-wheel Q and shaft b and causes the a ron to be returned to its initial position. Vghen this has been accomplished, the driver releases the footalever and. the roller is thrown out of contact withthe wheel by a spriri 's, interposed between a collar 8 cured to the-side of the machine and through which'the rod passes.

I claim as-Iny-invention+ 1. A fertilizer distributer comprising a receptacle'forthe material to be distributed, a

'beaterfarranged in front of said receptacle, v

means for actuating the beater with its rear ortion in an upward direction and for-de- Vering the materialdownwardly in'frontof the beater, and a feedmechanism for .feeding thexmaterialiin the receptacle forwardly to the'beater, substantially asset forth,

2. A fertilizer-distributer comprising-areceptacle for the material to be-.d1stributed, a beater arranged in front of said receptacle, means for actuatingthe beater with its rear portion in an u ward direction, a hoodextending forward y over the beater and downwardly inifront thereof and .o eiiing downwardly, and a feed mechanism or feeding the material in the receptacle forwardly to said heater, substantially as set forth.

3. A fertilizerdistributer comprising a body for the reception of the fertilizer, front and rear supporting-axles, a front deliveryopening arranged in the front portion of said body in rear of the front axle, a beater arranged in the front portion of said body over said opening, means fdr actuating the beater with its rear portion in an upward direction, and a hood extendin forwardly over the beater and downward y'in front thereof to said delivery-opening, substantially as set forth.

good frictional qualities-for in-- This shaft 18 pro- Mates 4. In a fertilizer-distributer, the combina tion of a receptacle for the fertilizer, a beater, means for feeding the material in the rece tacle to the beater, a hood extending over the beater and downwardly opposite the descending side of the beater, and a movable deflector arranged in the hood over the descending side of the beater and movable up and down in the hood, substantially asset forth.

5. In a fertilizer-distributer, the combination of a receptacle for the fertilizer, a beater, means for feeding the material in the receptacle to the beater, a hood extending over the beater and downwardly opposite the descending side of the beater, and a deflector arranged obliquely in the upper portion of the hood over the descendmgsidez of the beater for deflecting the material downwardly, substantially as set forth. 6. In a fertilizer-distributer, the combination of-a receptacle for the fertilizer, a beater, means for feeding :the material in the receptacle to the beater, a hood extending over the beater and downwardly opposite the descending side of the beater, a deflectorarranged obli uely in the upper portion of the 'hood over t e descending side of the beater for deflectin the material downwardly, and means for a justin the inclination of the deflector, substantial y as set forth.

7. Ina fertilizer-distributer, the combination Of.'a receptacle for the material to be dis- A tributed, a beater, means for feeding the material in. the receptacle to the beater, amovable ate arranged between the receptacle and t e beater, and .a hood which extends over the heater and has its'top provided with a movable portion which is adapted to moveppwlardly with the gate, substantially asset ort 8. In a fertilizer-distributer, the combina tion of a receptacle for the material to be distributed, a beater arrangedin front of said receptacle, means for feedingl the material in the receptacle forwardly to t cheater, almovable gate arranged adjacent to the rear side of the beater, and a hood which extends for wardly over the beater and has its top. pro- I sald receptac e, and .-a return .mechanism comprising a frictional driving-roller adapted to be driven by contact with a ground-Wheel, a support for said roller movable toward and Erom the ground-wheel, and mechanism connecting said roller With said feed mechanism, substantially as set forth 11. In a fertilizer-distributer, the combination of a receptacle for the material to be distributed, ground-Wheels on which the receptacle is supported, a movable bottom. in said receptacle, a driving-shaft for said bettom provided with a sprocket-Wheel, a frictional driving-roller adapted to be driven by contact With a ground-Wheel and carryine' a sprocketwheel, a support for said rel er movable toward and from said groundwheei, and a drive-chain connecting said sprocket Wheels, substantially as set "forth.

Witness my hand this 80th day of March, 1905 JUSEPH KEMR Witnesses:

GEORGE ()HAMBERLAIN, MAJOR W. Briiiillh EANN. 

